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in this section, you will hear several news items. listen to them carefully and then answer the questions that follow.

questions 21 and 22 are based on the following news. at the end of the news item, you will be given 10 seconds to answer the questions.

now, listen to the news.

21. john kerry belongs to ___________.

a. the democratic party                            b. the republican party

c. the ruling party                                     d. terror networks

22. they have different ideas about ___________.

a. protecting americans

b. improving the economy

c. governing the country

d. making laws

questions 23 and 24 are based on the following news. at the end of the news item, you will be given 10 seconds to answer the questions.

now, listen to the news.

23. where does charles eastman come from?

a. england.                    b. france.                    c. brazil.                      d. a tribe

24.   why did he go to college?

a. to learn to ride a horse.                                  c. to learn art.

b. to learn to hunt.                                            d. to learn medicine.

questions 25 and 26 are based on the following news. at the end of the news item, you will be given 10 seconds to answer the questions.

now, listen to the news.

25. who are cecil b. demille, samuel goldwyn and louis mayer?

a. actors.                                                         b. motion picture businessmen.

c. playwrights.                                                d. musicians.

26. why does the report mention the three people?

a. BECause they are successful motion picture businessmen.

b. because they live in hollywood.

c. because they are movie stars.

d. because they are millionaires.

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27.   what is this report about?

a. digging a pond.                                             b. fish farming.

c. planting trees.                                                d. planting grass

28. why should trees near the pond be removed?

a. because the leaves will fall into the pond.

b. because the trees will cast shadow on the pond.

c. because there is grass beside the pond.

d. because fish will eat the fallen leaves.

questions 29 and 30 are based on the following news. at the end of the news item, you will be given 10 seconds to answer the questions.

now listen to the news.

29. in which country was the device developed?

a. in the united states.                                       b. in north korea,

c. in uganda.                                                    d. in afghanistan.

30. to what degrees celsius can the device heat seventy liters of water on a clear day.

a. sixty.                         b. seventy.                   c. eighty.                     d. thirty-two.

part iii cloze                                                                 [15 min]

decide which of the choices given below would best complete the passage if inserted in the corresponding blanks. mark the best choice for each blank on your answer sheet.

the “standard of living” of any country means the average person’s share of the goods and services the country produces. a country’s standard of living, ____31_______, depends first and     32     on its capacity to produce wealth. “wealth” in this sense is not money, for we do not live on money     33     on things that money can buy: “goods” such as food and clothing, and “services” such as transport and “ __34  __ ” .

a country’s capacity to produce wealth depends upon many factors, most of     35     have an effect on one another. wealth depends    36     a great extent upon a country’s natural resources. some regions of the world are well supplied with coal and minerals, and have a fertile soil and a     37      climate; other regions possess none of them.

next to natural resources     38     the ability to turn them to use. china is perhaps as well    39     as the usa in natural resources, but suffered for many years from civil and     40     wars, and     41   this and other reasons was     42     to develop her resources.      43     and stable political conditions, and          44  _____ from foreign invasion, enable a country to develop its natural resources peacefully and steadily, and to produce more wealth than another country equally well      45    by nature but less well ordered.

a country’s standard of living does not only depend upon the wealth that is produced and consumed   46  it own borders, but also upon what is indirectly produced through international trade.    47    britain’s wealth in foodstuffs and other agricultural products would be much less if she had to depend only on    48   _ grown at home. trade makes it possible for her surplus manufactured goods to be traded abroad for the agricultural products that would          49    be lacking. a country’s wealth is, therefore, much influenced by its manufacturing capacity,     50     that other countries can be found ready to accept its manufactures.

31. a. however                    b. therefore                  c. nevertheless              d. furthermore

32. a. primary                      b. principal                   c. foremost                  d. uniquely

33. a. or                              b. nor                          c. but                          d. except

34. a. recreation                   b. enlightenment            c. refreshment                     d. entertainment

35. a. if                               b. them                        c. which                      d. that

36. a. with                          b. for                           c. to                                   d. on

37. a. neutral                       b. favorable                  c. virtuous                   d. marine

38. a. comes                       b. come                       c. coming                    d. came

39. a. off                                   b. known                            c. done                        d. furnished

40. a. military                      b. external                    c. contemporary           d. domestic

41. a. for                                   b. because                    c. because of                d. due to

42. a. impossible                 b. incapable                  c. unable                      d. proficient

43. a. strong                       b. sturdy                      c. sound                      d. robust

44. a. liberty                        b. freedom                   c. prevention                d. liberation

45. a .assisted                      b. avenged                    c. rescued                    d. served

46. a. with                          b. within                      c. near                         d. without

47. a. in short                            b. for example              c. firstly                       d. on one hand

48. a. those                         b. what                      c. that                          d. it

49. a. likely                         b. likewise                    c. certainly                   d. otherwise

50. a. provided                    b. depended                  c. given                       d. supposed

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